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Hi, I'm new to MM and modeling in general. I got a message from another model (contents below) and I got really excited but I think it's way too good to be true. Does this sound like a scam? Email: Hello, One of the biggest UK magazine is casting and you're eligible for the paid Job on the 23rd and/or 24th of February. If you can make the shoot you will be paid $450/hr. Be rest assured about the location, you wont be traveling for this, its happening within you. Contact the casting Director for more details. Bryan Petrucci [email protected] I don't really have much details, so i wont be able to answer any question regards to the shoot. Kindly contact the director for more information Thanks Feb 05 19 03:51 pm Link A general rule of thumb regarding scam is that if you have any reason to suspect that it is a scam, then it most probably is one. And this one almost certainly is. Feb 05 19 03:57 pm Link Same decades-old Nigerian Scam! http://www.newmodels.com/Nigeria.html First clue is "hello" with no name! Too lazy to bother adding your name. Next clue is...everything after that! Nobody legit offers payment up-front, and certainly would never have you supposedly handle paying someone else for them! Cease all contact! Do not give them your contact info. If you already have, anything they send you is fake! Never post private info on Mayhem...it is visible to every scammer in the world! If you were first contacted by someone within Mayhem, report them to the Moderators. If by email determine where they got it from. Is it listed in your Instagram? Wherever you have it showing online, remove it. Expect more of them. Mar 03 19 05:11 pm Link I got this email from the same guy. Barely gets back to you. Then offers money upfront as well as then your suppose to deducted 300$ for the makeup artist. Just doesn't sit right! Hello , Having checked out your information right on Model Mayhem, you have got all the necessary requirements we needed for Magazine (www.hellomagazine.com) update on the 19th and/or 26th January , 2020. We hereby decided as a committee to offer you this modeling paid gig. This shoot contains No Nudity, Fetish, Bondage, and other Adult content stuffs. If you are interested, you can get back to us immediately you have this read and well understood. The shoot will hold at a rented photographer's studio in your state (Traveling expenses is covered) and the shoot will take 2 hours, which will commences (at 12pm and ends at 2pm) at either dates. We will be responsible for your transport and feeding throughout the shoot, you have the privilege to come with an escort of your own choice, and we will be responsible for his or her well-being also. Your pay for the shoot will be the sum of $900.00 for the 2 hours shoot. This project is organized by the Hello! Magazine and is basically for a FASHION PHOTO SHOOT to display the latest fashions and designers for commercial purpose and it's going to be an outdoor show that will be publicized and many things will be shot with as objects. Also, you have will have rights to your pictures, copies will be available for your own use as well. ABOUT HELLO!: HELLO! is a weekly magazine specializing in celebrity news and human-interest stories, an insiders' guide to a man and woman's total image, with a print audience of 6.2 million and an average monthly online audience of 4.3 million. Our mission is to investigate and celebrate beauty and fashion with objectivity and candor and to examine appearance in a larger cultural context. Through its journalistic approach and high aesthetic standards, Hello! delivers content with credentials, which yields unwavering consumer trust MAKE UP ARTIST AND PHOTOGRAPHER : We have our own personal photographers and make-up artist, so we have made all necessary arrangement for your good-looking on that day and also our photographers are available to give you their best directive and makes you look more reasonable than you will be expecting. LOCATION: The event is taking place in your Province ; we're making an arrangement for a suitable Studio/arena within your City for the event and you'll receive the location detail and driving direction as soon as the venue is confirmed. Our crew will tour your locality for the shoot so you need not travel far from your base. PAYMENT DETAILS: A Certified Check of $2875.50 will be mail out to you not less than 7 days before the shoot, you'll deduct $300.00 for your part payment fee and you'll have the remainder send to the fashion designer for your wardrobes payment. (You are not paying anything out of your own pocket). Payments for your wardrobe and clothing measurements has to be forwarded to the designer by you, reason being that; all billings must be done in or billed to your Name/info as requested and acceptable business terms by the Designer to ensure tallied customization and label to be printed on your costumes. Below are the information to apply for the job if you are really interested and agreed with the above said: YOUR MEASUREMENTS : : : : : : : YOUR PAYMENT INFORMATION : Full name to be on the payment check : Physical Home Address : Apt# : City : Province : Postal Code : Cell Phone # : Age : Bank Name : Date of Choice: (Choose Either 19th or 26th January , 2020) Regards! Bryan Petrucci Casting Director www.hellomagazine.com Jan 06 20 08:30 am Link sppwalker wrote: If the message came through the MM message system, flag it. Jan 06 20 10:15 am Link The OP has already left the building. What a shame! Jan 06 20 10:16 am Link Mark Salo wrote: Maybe she saw that "Trapped Model" trailer and decided this isn't the career for her. Jan 06 20 08:57 pm Link Old link but still great info about modeling scams... https://www.modelmayhem.com/forums/post/575330 Jan 07 20 09:39 am Link I recieved this, it seems to good to be true so it probably is, I'm new to this site and modeling is a dream of mine. What does everyone think. Is this a scam??? Please help Hello CHRISTAL, Good afternoon, trust you are doing well? Thank you for showing interest. You've been selected for our new designs cataloged update. Presently the company (E S P R I T) needs few new faces/models to advertise their Fall flash sales outfit (NOTE: no nudity and other adult content stuff).... It's strictly a fashion shoot and I am the favored supervisor for the project. DATE: The shooting date is May 3rd (NOTE THAT). TRANSPORT: Transport allowance will be included. You will first received $300 to start with, which will be mailed to you immediately, (NOTE: The $300 is for your transport allowance ONLY). PAYMENT: WE OFFERED $280 TO MODELS FOR PER HOUR SHOOT and it's 5 hours photo shoot, total of ($1400). ACCURATE MEASUREMENT IS REQUIRED: Cloth size... Shoe size... Bust size/leave blank for male... Waist size... Hips size... Height... Weight... So that all the clothes you will be wearing, would be taken care of as soon as possible. The pictures will be taken and forwarded to the company and it will be display on our online web www.esprit.com and magazine (worldwide). The company have their personal photographers, hairstylists and makeup artists etc, so we have made all necessary arrangement for your good looking on the day of the photo shoot and also our professional photographers are available to give you best directive. Bonus: All the clothes, shoes and other accessories you will be wearing for the shoot will be yours. ESCORT: As a matter of choice, you can bring along any one of your choice to the shoot location. EXPECTATIONS: You must have positive ID. You must have nice smile and humble personality. You must be willing to pose very well and follow the photographer's directives. No hairy armpits. LOCATION: I will keep you posted with location, time and more info in my Next Email. PLEASE READ THE PAYMENT PLAN CAREFULLY: I will like to trust you take care of the make-up artist fee, because I am having a very tight schedule this day, so ESPRIT management will pair the make up artist payment together with your transport payment of $300 in a single check, you will deduct $300 from the total funds that will be sent to you, Then send the balance left on it to the make-up artist, Who will be sorting out other necessary payments with the funds. (For Example: you may received a paycheck of $2,000, you will cash it and deduct your transport fee of $300 then send the remaining $1,700 to the make up artist). Your Full Payment Of $1,400 for 5 HOURS SHOOT will be paid to you immediately after the shoot right on the location. We decided to pair the payments together because the makeup artist is currently not in the location where her bank operates and also we want to build trust between ourselves and also to create awareness. I will keep you posted with details about the exact amount, makeup artist info and when you will be receiving the paycheck. Let me know if you read, understand and agreed with the plan DOCUMENTS: Reference and other forms/documented papers will be mailed to you few days before the shooting date, you will print them out, sign and bring them along with you to the location. Guess the arrangement is understood? For the payment to be mail to you on time, I would need you to provide me with the following info via email... Name to be written on the check: Address: Apartment number#: City: State: Zip-code: Phone number(cell and home): Age: $1400 (5 hours): YES/NO Transport allowance $300: OTHER OCCUPATION: ATTACH 5 RECENT PICTURES: Best Regards, Kate Merit. ESPRIT INC. 917-636-1093 (SMS Only) STAY SAFE.... Apr 20 20 12:49 am Link Christalj2124 wrote: 100% scam. Apr 20 20 02:07 am Link Christalj2124 wrote: So, you read all the above posts, and still have to ask if it is a scam? As I said above it is the standard Nigerian scam. http://www.newmodels.com/Nigeria.html (more than half a century old) Apr 20 20 08:33 pm Link Dealing with the same dude! Matter of fact, many of the emails I have received from MM have been scams! It does suck cuz I had high hopes that this would be a reliable source to find casting calls/open calls! Oct 25 22 03:13 pm Link I received the following email today. $1200, transportation, meals, associated cost. Sounds way to good to be true. No way this can be for real. The email I received is below. Penny Hello , Are you interested in a 2-hour shoot for $1200.00? There is no nudity or fetish content involved. Transportation to and from the shooting location, as well as meals and all associated costs, will be covered. More details are available; please contact the casting director using the information provided below for further information. Bryan Petrucci [email protected] Regarding the location, the shoot will take place in your city, which is why you are an ideal candidate for this opportunity. Shooting Dates: October 14th and 15th Thank you. Sep 25 23 03:41 pm Link penny8183 wrote: They don't know what your city is and it makes no difference because there will be no shoot. Sep 25 23 04:04 pm Link penny8183 wrote: Yesterday I received an offer of $2500 for a 3-hour photo shoot. Sep 25 23 04:08 pm Link You must not have hairy armpits, then… Sep 26 23 07:08 am Link sppwalkertooyoung wrote: That's an inept attempt at a scam by someone who clearly doesn't have much of a clue about either commercial photography or the English language. Most criminals are basically stupid people. Oct 02 23 03:45 am Link Christalj2124 wrote: Also a scam. There is a Kate Meritt who is an interior designer in Paris and another who is a mental health researcher. There is no ESPRIT INC. Esprit is a watch making company. Oct 02 23 03:58 am Link JSouthworth wrote: Banks are wise to this. Oct 02 23 11:29 am Link JSouthworth wrote: I do. They call that "Bank Fraud". Oct 02 23 03:27 pm Link Studio NSFW wrote: You're probably right. But obviously, in order to send you a convincing check, the scammers would need to have a real bank account and the bank you paid the check into would take the money out of that account, if there were sufficient funds in the scammers' account to cover the check. In that case there would be no fraud on your part where the bank was concerned and therefore, no need to disappear. Oct 03 23 03:21 am Link |
